Swas Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Kuwait

Swas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Swas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Swas (66) may also be a first name.

Swas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Swas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Swas (Oriya: ାସ) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Swas? popularity and diffusion

Swas is the 3,798,600th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Swas are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 66 people.

Swas is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is primarily found in: West Bengal, where 90 percent live and Assam, where 10 percent live. Beside India Swas exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 30 percent live and Thailand, where 11 percent live.

Swas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Swas has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Swash89685/
Swase89114/
Swais89109/
Swass8963/
Sweas8936/
Sways894/
Swasd891/
Swaus890/
Swads890/
Szwast80414/
Swaiss8067/
Swayse806/
Swuase806/
Swashe803/
Schwas803/
Szwats801/
Swaths801/
Szwasz801/
Swasse801/
S'Ways801/
Swaish800/
Swaits800/
Suas75176/
Zwas7547/
Svas757/
Swaz757/
Swaj757/
Swac754/
Sbas753/
Swax751/
Schwass731,147/
Swaiseh73199/
Shwaish7321/
Shwatse737/
Schwads732/
Schwats732/
Sweaseh731/
Schwasz731/
Schwaas730/
Sweis673,312/
Suase67517/
Swarz67153/
Sbais6792/
Svast6780/
Zwass6745/
Swach6736/
Szuas6725/
Sweys6725/
Svasp6719/
Swaaz6716/
Chwas6713/
Swaij6711/
Sbash6711/
Svads6710/
Svase6710/
Suast6710/
Shwaz676/
Swaiz675/
Svats674/
Shvas674/
Schwauss673/
Swaic673/
Svash672/
Sbass672/
Sjbas671/
Suass671/
Shbas671/
Schwasrz671/
Swost671/
Svajs671/
Sveas671/
Shuas671/
Swace671/
Szwac671/
Swazc671/
Shwaj671/
Zwash671/
Schwause670/
Schwaits670/
Swots670/
Swosh670/

Swas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Swas in the Oriya language
ାସasa-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Swas
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